Sybil James & Ed Harkness feature at the First Saturday Writing Workshop and PIE (Poetry Is Everything) reading and open mic on October 5th!!!

Free Writing Workshop @ 4:24 pm (to 6:00 pm) is on Translitics. . .
that's a made up word combining ideas of trans (across) and litic (loosen). It's an approach to translation in which you use a poem in another language as a jumping off place for creating a new original in your own language. What's carried across might be the first poem's ideas, voice, image pattern or just "look alike, sound alike" words. You can even do this with hieroglyphics! We'll look at different examples of translitics and then create our own based on some suggested non-English poems.

and then... the Reading with features Sybil James and Ed Harkness & Open Mic @ 6:15 pm.

Another memorable 1rst Saturday! Bring a friend!!!! Tell everyone.

Bios --

Sibyl James is the author of twelve books--poetry, fiction and travel memoirs--including 'In China with Harpo and Karl' (Calyx Books), 'The Adventures of Stout Mama'' (Papier-Mache Press), 'China Beats' (Egress Studio Press), 'The Grand Piano Range' (Black Heron Press) and, most recently, 'Hard Goods & Hot Platters' (Last Word Press). She has taught at colleges in the U.S., China, Mexico, and--as Fulbright professor--Tunisia and Cote d'Ivoire. Her writing has received awards from Artist Trust and the Seattle, King County and Washington State arts commissions. Her brand new book is: Plum Blossom Wine, poems by Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao translated by Sibyl James and Kang Xuepei, gives voice to an important female Chinese poet writing in a time when literature was dominated by men. James and Kang bring a contemporary sensibility to their translations, reading Li not as scholars but as modern women. They offer the reader an intimate glimpse into Li’s life, letting these poems full of wistful longing resonate across the centuries like a temple bell just rung.

Ed Harkness is the author of four full-length poetry collections, including Saying the Necessary, Beautiful Passing Lives, The Law of the Unforeseen, and most recently Avalanche: A Survival Guide (Blue Cedar Press, 2023). His poems have appeared widely in print and online journals, most recently in Valparasio Review, Sisyphus Review, Triggerfish Critical Review, Bracken Magazine, Raven Chronicles, Under a Warm Green Linden, Nine Mile, On the Sea Wall, Vox Populi, and SALT. His poems can also be found in The Madrona Project theme-based anthologies, including I Sing the Salmon Home and Art in a Public Voice. He lives in Shoreline, Washington where he also taught and inspired many students to write.

Coming Soon:
November 2nd - Peter Ludwin and Alan Braden
December 7th - Jill McCabe Johnson and Jed Myers
December 14th - Special Book Release Celebration for Mary
Crane
January 4th - Special Western Washington Poetry Network Reading
gathering of hosts, organizers, friends and YOU!!!!